How do you learn to read?

Let me summarize every thing I have just said: Children learn to read by reading.—Understanding Reading, page 169

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That seems redundant, doesn't it? But it's true nonetheless. How do you learn a language? By using it! How do you learn anything, really? By doing it.

So, in the immortal words of Augustine, "Tolle! Lege!" Pick it up and read it!
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